Word: foremost
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...World War II, Captain Basil Henry Liddell Hart came into contact with many of the captured generals of the German High Command. His own reputation as a military authority-he was the foremost British advocate of defensive warfare-had been somewhat flattened out by the success of the German Panzers, but talking with the generals Captain Liddell Hart was in his element. For one thing, most of them had read his books. Once they opened up they talked well-and with the wisdom of hindsight...
...first contest as Jayvee mentor, Coach Ben McCabe will enjoy something of a windfall. Some half a dozen men who did not travel with the varsity to Cornell but would have dressed for a home game bolster his squad. Foremost of these is halfback Pete Petrille...
...most memorable of moon festivals occurred in the bitter years when Tartar invaders ruled the land. Revolt brewed against them in 1368. To break it, the alien despots posted guards in the foremost Chinese households. When the feast-day came, families gathered and all went as usual-until mooncakes were served. When the feasters broke into the pastries, they found slips of paper with the message: "Kill the Tartars in your household." All rose in mighty unison. The aliens were driven forth and the peace of the Mings descended on China...
...Truro last week, the annual convention of District 26, United Mine Workers of America, drew up its demands for 1949 wages. First & foremost was a whopping general increase of $2.56 a day over the present $7.64 basic rate. There were also carefully scaled demands for men who work at the coal face. Explained one union official: "It's a new type of policy we've adopted, with emphasis on the actual production of coal at the face . . . It's all bent towards increased production for the industry...
This diagnosis emerged from a meeting of 2,000 of the world's foremost psychiatrists and psychologists (with a sprinkling of educators, clergymen and other soul-searchers). They had come from 54 countries to meet in London in a UNsponsored International Congress on Mental Health. Not all went for the guilt theory. Holland's husky Dr. E. Krijgers-Janzen thought that wars were caused by sex. Too much "moral restraint," he said, caused sexual frustration which in turn caused people to become aggressive in other ways...